Loose-leaf binder



May-11,1926. 1,584,460 l G. J. LINSKEY LOOSE LEAF BINDER Filed oct. 25,lggl;

Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITED srrlEs GEORGE J". LIIISKEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

LOOSE-LEAF BINDER.

Application led October 25, 1924. Serial No. 745,764. f

This invention relates to loose-leafl binders and is particularlyconcerned With means for securely holding a stack of perforated sheets.The general object of the invention 1s to provide a loose-leaf binderwhich may be easily secured to and detached from a book and which willeffectively prevent the removal of any of the secured sheets (except bytearing) While the binder is in place.

Another object is to provide anleasily insertable binder member and asecuring base therefor which member and base may be so formed that thebinder is capable of being rigidly attached to the base by threadedmembers in such a manner that it Will be unnecessary to entirely removethe threaded members to attach or detach the binder.

A still more specific object is to provide a loose-leaf binder of thegeneral shape of ahorseshoe and a holder therefor, both ends of whichmay be concealed by the holder so that none of the sheets may be removeduntil the'binder has been entirely disengaged' from the holder.

The particular adaptation shown is designed for use in banks for holdingchecks and stubs. I am aware that U-shaped rings have been previouslyused for this purpose, but I have observed that most of these devices donot provide for securely fastening f si derably.

The member for attaching my binder to a book may consist of asubst-antially Hat plate which may be securedl in any manner to the sideor back of a book and which is either embossed or otherwise so formedthat room for an adequate fastening means such as a nut is providedbeneath the plate. A characteristic which makes this device verypracticable as Well as easy to manufacture is that only one end of theU-shaped binder need be rigidly clamped to the plate, both ends of thebinder being formed to enter apertures in the plate a suflicientdistance to prevent any likely amount of distortion of the binder memberfrom allowing the removal of any of the sheets.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective vievv showing a pair of bindersin place on the holder one bein@ completely secured thereto; Fig. 2 is afragmentary cross-section of a completed book, the cutting plane withreference to the binder being indicated by the line 2 2 on Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a fragmentary perspective View of a modified form of plate; Fig. 4is a cross-section therethrough with a slightly modified form of binderabout to be placed therein.

Referring in detail to the drawings and indicating the various parts bynumerals, 1 is the preferred form of attaching plate having raised`portions 2 and 3. These raised portions are provided With slots onebeing shown closed at 7 the other open to the margin of the plate at 6.For holding perforated sheets of paper, l?, I have shown a pair ofsubstantially U-shaped members 10 and 11 both ends of Which are shown asextend.- ing into the slots. The purpose of the upstruck region of theplate 1 is partly to provide adequate room for attaching means for thebinder beneath the plates. The binder is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ashaving a threaded leg 12 and a plain or smooth leg 13, the first ofwhich extends into the open slot 6 andthe other into the slot 7. Thethreaded end is adapted to receive a pair of nuts 15 and 16 and byreason of the open slot 6 and the elongated slot 7, the binder` may beeasily put into place or removed from the plate by spacing the nutsapart a slightly greater distance than the thickness of the plate 1; inother Words it is unnecessary to entirely remove either of the nuts toremove or replace the binder ring. The plate may be fastened to the bookin any manner as by riveting or stitching through the holes 18 in eitherend of the plate or by placing a patch over all but the raised portionsof the slots in the plate, and afterwards fastening the margin of thepatch to the back or one of the covers of a book B as shown at 19 inFig. 2.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a key-hole shaped slot 7ain the plate 1n is used in place of the elongated slot 7 of Fig. 1. Thiswill permit the reverse positioning of the binder 10 or as shown in Fig.4 will permit the use o-f nuts 15a and ltrL on both ends of the binder.This may be desired for a more permanent binding of the sheets, theadditional nuts serving as an auxiliary fastening means. In either caseit Will only be necessary to loosen the nut or nuts on one side of theplate in order to remove the binder.

It Will* be seen that I have provided a; very cheaply made and eficientbinder for retaining loose-leaf sheets or check stubs which will, so faras the binder is concerned,

effectively prevent the accidental removal ofl any of the sheets.

I olaim:-

l. A loose leaf binder comprising in *com* bination a book cover, afastening plate secured within said cover, lslots in said plate, abinder member having legs adapted to enter said slots and clamping meanscarried by one of said legs adapted to engage both sides o-f said plateand grip it, one of said -slots being open at one end whereby the bindermember may bev detached fromv the plate without removing thel clampingmeans from the binder.

2. In combination, a plate having raised portions in the body thereof,each of said raised portions being provided with anopen and a closedslot, a member having legs adapted to extend into the slots and securingmeans on the legs associated with the open slot adapted to clamp theupper and the lower surfaces .of the raised portion of the plate, andcapable of being slid into engagement with the plate by reason of theopen slot. p

3. A loose leaf binder comprising in combination a fastening plateadapted to be secured within the coversr of a book, an opening and anelongated slot in said plate, a substantially rigid binder member havinglegs adapted toV enter said opening and slot, clamping means carried byone of said legs and engaging both the upperl and lower surfaces of theplate and means including the slot whereby slightly loosening saidclamping means permits the completeremoval of the binder' member. n

4. In combination a strip member having a raised portion in the bodythereof, said raised portion having an opening and an elongated slotopen at onev end thereof, a U-shaped member the legs of which extendintor the respective hole and slot, and clamping means including athreaded member on one of the legs adapted yto clamp the `upper andlower surfaces of the raised portion of the plate, said clamping meansbeing removable from ,the plate by reason of the open slot.

5`V A lvloose-leaf binder comprising in combination a plate, means forsecuring the plate-within'the covers of a book, a plurality of raisedportions on the plate, a member having legs adapted to retainsheetsofpaper, threaded members on one of said legs for engaging the upper andlower surfaces of the plate 4at the raised portions and vopenings in theplate for receiving the legs, one of said openings being elongatedwhereby loosening one of the threaded members will permit first thelateral shiftingof the legged member and then the entire removalthereoffrom the plate.

6. A loose leaf bination a plate member having an irregular opening anda plain opening therein, a book cover, means for securing the memberwithin the cover, a staple for retaining sheets 0f paper, one of thelegsthereof entering said plain opening, and means including a threadedmember on the other leg, whereby when a portion of that leg-fis#inserted through the irregular opening the threaded binder comprisingin. comi member may thereafter be clamped against the plate member forholding both legs in place. y

7. In a device of the character described, a ,member made from sheetmetal, a raised portion formed thereon, an elongated closed slot in saidraised portion, anpopen slot at the margin of the plate,`a staple,'thelegs of which enter the slots and a pair of threaded members on one ofthe legs for clamping the upper and lower surfaces of the raisedportion, adapted to be slid into engagement with the plate by reason ofthe open slot.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ailiX my signature.

GEORGE J. LINSKEY.

